NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: unknown
Latest Record Review: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Atyidae
  Superfamily - Atyoidea
  Infraorder - Caridea
  Suborder - Pleocyemata
  Order - Decapoda
  Superorder - Eucarida
  Subclass - Eumalacostraca
  Class - Malacostraca
  Subphylum - Crustacea
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Caridina denticulata
      Species - Caridina africana
      Species - Caridina edulis
      Species - Caridina gracilirostris
      Species - Caridina laevis
      Species - Caridina propinqua
      Species - Caridina tonkinensis
      Species - Caridina weberi
      Species - Caridina acuminata
      Species - Caridina brevirostris
      Species - Caridina nilotica